Gong riders

Went for a local ride today. Ended up at Wollombi pub for a break.  
A group pulled up containing a couple of Bandits.  
Went and had a chat and it turned out that they were up from Wollongong. Racking up a fee big km rides in prep for Phillip Island ride. 
I let them know about the forum and that there are a few members from the Gong. 
One bike had a cracking crash bar setup. Will post pics when I get to my pc.

I went through there. Kulnara loop. I saw 3 Highway Patrols, lucky there are nice riders out there.

Yeah. When I got up and saw the weather this morning, I just had to kick Chris out of bed.  
Sunday Riders had a ride on, so we got out amongst it. 
I have been going a bit batty with the rain lately, so it was a real battery charger of a ride. 
Plenty of Mr Plod around, as you say Pete.

I was at Jerry's today saw another blue 1250 Bandit when we arrived and another heading down to Wollombi latter in the arvo
thats some heavy duty crash protection

Thats some substantial bar work.
Looks like it would save a decent spill.

I am a Gong rider aswell, but not sure who the guys are that you saw.

That bar work (Oggy Knobs) are the one's I have and I can certainly say they work. I dropped my bike on a hill and the bike fell on the downside of the hill and all that resulted was a few scratches on the Oggy Knob, the Oggy Bars and a scratched end cap with the clutch lever snapping off an inch. Not a single mark on the engine covers or rear fairings, it all rested on the bars and front/rear foot pegs.

As you say, that cost of under $300 paid for itself tht day with the amount of damage that it prevented.

The Oggy bars didn't warp out of shape one bit and i just painted over the scratches and it looks brand new!

The Gong is a bit of a Bandit playground as I regularly see around 10 different Bandits from time to time on all the local rides (Nasho Park, Coast road, Macquarie Pass, Kangaroo Valley, Southern Highlands.)
I like to give an extra acknowledgement to my Bandit brother with a head nod and a wave, see you all out there and look forward to seeing more down at the Island for the GP in October!